CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-24055
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-312
Description
KeePass through 2.53 (in a default installation) allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the password database is not intended to be secure against an attacker who has that level of access to the local PC.
Affected configurations
• keepass keepass (<= 2.53)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://securityboulevard.com/2023/01/keepass-password-manager-leak-cve-richixbw/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/a146e5cf6b/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/feature-requests/2773/ Third Party Advisory
- https://securityboulevard.com/2023/01/keepass-password-manager-leak-cve-richixbw/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/a146e5cf6b/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/feature-requests/2773/ Third Party Advisory